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Hey, Thank you Freya for the information, I think I rushed this a bit by not putting in that there are no telecine labs nor are there any processing labs in the country either. I will be shooting in Iceland. From what I understand there seems to be a good connection between Icelandic film providers and telecine/processing labs in the U.K. so we are looking into that but the producers are saying the cost of developing the film in the U.K. is much higher than in America and want to ship the cans to the United States. I understand this but seeing the nice connection the U.K. and Iceland has It would seem more prudent to use this proven option rather then take a chance with shipping it off to America not knowing what could happen on the way (X-Ray's, Room Temp. etc.). In any case I wanted to see if there was some kind of special protection box for film made by Kodak, Fuji or whatever designed to protect film in cases of human error like being opend, X-Rays and so on or is the only option packing it well and put a few X-Ray stickers on the box hoping that nothing will happen to the film? Video is not really an option on this project, we are using a 16mm camera. Thank you again Freya, any other information would be great.

Hey, I'm about to shoot in a country in Europe that has no telecinelabs within It's borders, has anyone here had any experience with this in the past that can help me figure this thing out? I have never transported film negatives between countries before. Let's say that you can do this without a major effort other then packaging the film correctly and mailing it off in the mail what kind of safety box should I mail it in? What kind of marking should I put on the box to ensure that customs and mail officials do not open it? Any other information? Thank you for your help.